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January 2012 ABSTRACT Sabotage in Tournaments Evidence from a Natural Experiment Many tournaments are plagued by sabotage amwelfarereducing but from an individual146s perspective an attractive. 1523 March 2005 IZA PO Box 7240 53072 Bonn Germany Phone 4922838940 Fax 492283894180 Email izaizaorg Any opinions expressed here are those of the authors and not those of the institute Research disseminated by IZA may include views on policy bu t th November 2011 ABSTRACT Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption To date, 16 states have passed medical marijuana laws, yet very little is known about their effects. Usin Big Data Reading Group. 9/20/. 2010. Motivation / Goals. Rising demand for distributing computation. PageRank. , K-Means, N-Body simulation. Data-centric frameworks simplify programming. Existing models (e.g. . July 2009 ABSTRACT Competing on Good Politicians * Is electoral competition good for political selection? To address this issue, we introduce a theoretical model in which ideological parties select May 2012 ABSTRACT Tall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: Is Discrimination Absolute or Relative? Using several microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, and the examples of April 2009 ABSTRACT Cultures, Clashes and Peace * Ethnic and religious fractionalization have important effects on economic growth and development, but their role in internal violent conflicts has b May 2007 ABSTRACT Intrahousehold Specialization in Housework in the United States and Denmark : Focusing on housework activities, we construct a gender neutral composite index measure of intrahous August 2008 ABSTRACT The Effect of Prayer on God’s Attitude Toward Mankind * This paper uses data available from the National Opinion Research Center's (NORC) survey on religious attitudes and June 2012 ABSTRACT Who Marries Differently-Aged Spouses? Earnings, Ability and Appearance* In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marria IZA Discussion Paper No. 4893 Necessity DISCUSSION PA IZA DP No. 10572Minimum Wages and the Distribution of FEBRURY 2017 Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series Anna Sanz de Galdeano CSEF, University of Salerno Daniela Vuri University of Florence, CHILD and IZA Bonn Discussion Paper No. 1206 July 2004 IZA P.O. Box 7240 53072 Bonn Germany Phon Discussion Paper No 981 January 2004 Email izaizaorgThis Discussion Paper is issued within the framework of IZA146s research area Mobility and Flexibility of IZA Discussion Papers often represent prel Unemployment Benefits and Immigration Evidence from the EU The paper studies the impact of unemployment benefits on immigration A sample of 19 European countries observed over the period 1993-2008 is